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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAn un-American question...
Does anyone else find football announcers and commentators annoying? That tone of voice all the time -- I can just imagine them at home:
"HONEY, THE CAT WANTS TO GO OUT. HE'S PAWING AT THE DOOR... TURNS AROUND... FADES BACK... BACK TO THE DOOR... BACK AND FORTH... HE'S JUMPING FOR THE HANDLE... "
Meanwhile the color commentator: "This is the fifth time this week Fluffy has tried that play. He's really made an improvement from when he was a kitten... "
Suddenly: "HE JUMPED HALFWAY UP THE DOOR... HE REALLY WANTS OUT... "
I dunno, I've never been all that much of a sports fan, but I can figure out for myself what's happening. Turning the volume down helps, but wondering if anyone else here feels the same way.
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rurallib
(62,712 posts)between the commercials and the inane announcers most sports are almost unwatchable anymore.
LakeArenal
(29,315 posts)But now we have to listen to announcers in Spanish. The scream just like its soccer. On every play. Then might yell....
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rurallib
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ZenDem
(442 posts)...I'm at work...it's dead quiet...
...except when I read "HE JUMPED HALFWAY UP THE DOOR... HE REALLY WANTS OUT... "
...and snorted. Not sure whether to ,
, or
grumpyduck
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Aristus
(67,105 posts)to 'authenticity' in color commentary is to hire a guy with a Southern accent.
Which usually yields 'colorful' commentary like: "Jew see hee-im kitch 'at bawl?"
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I stopped watching sports in the 1970s.
Lars39
(26,158 posts)Soccer commentary is so laid back compared to the excitable loud mouth hair on fire football commentators. Even the fans sound different.
sanatanadharma
(3,876 posts)...OOOOOOLLLLLL
zanana1
(6,205 posts)634-5789
(4,197 posts)Every ball game is marred with blather and so called stats that NOBODY could give a red rat's ass about. This also goes for baseball, and the WORST is college football.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Next question.
MiHale
(10,253 posts)Its possible I practice with my dearly beloved wifes requests.
malthaussen
(17,422 posts)The vacuity and asininity of the announcers is one of the main reasons I don't watch the sport anymore. Commercials is the other. Oh, and I suppose I should also note that the rules changes over the years (especially the Instant Replay rule) have made the game a lot less fun for me to watch.
Fortunately, there are a number of videos on YT from a time when I actually enjoyed watching the game. Even though I know the outcome, it doesn't affect the aesthetic pleasure of watching the great plays being made.
-- Mal